WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1218 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...
THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
IMPROVE...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...CLOSING
SOME ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL SILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME
OPEN AREAS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT THE
START OF THE AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL
WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MANY ROADS BLOCKED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE
BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING.
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